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Post by feyish on May 12, 2006 22:01:12 GMT -5
I always knew i led a very sheltered life, and i didn't really mind. the small community where i live was pretty much all i saw during my day-to-day life. i used to let my parents say "oh I think THIS about THAT" and i would make that my opinion too.
the neat thing is, i'm getting out of "my little world" a little more than i used to. since i go to college in the city, i see what other communities are like. i see that not eveyone has the opportunites i have. i see that not everyone was raised in middle class america.
a lot of my neighbors hate going into the nearby city, they want to stay isolated. to tell the truth, i like isolation too. but i'm too curious. more and more, i want to learn about other communities, other cultures and sub-cultures.
i like the area live now, but in the last year, i've realized that "my little world" is just that, a little world that is rather isolated. for me, going to college this year has been more than an academic education, its been a little bit of a culture shock too.
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Post by HybridMoment on May 12, 2006 23:00:29 GMT -5
I can relate to this, since I've always lived in a sort of remote location, never had cable tv, or ever left home very much at all. Even the school I went to didn't have very much diversity, there were only 2 black students in the entire school.
It's probably a good thing that you are interested in how the rest of the world lives their lives. Often I find myself having to remember that not everyone does things in the paranoid/frugal fashion my family did. It's almost a bit similar to when the Amish teens go on their rumspringa, except not to that degree.
Actually I can even relate to that LOL. Once when I was 15 years old I had never even been to a shopping mall, because the closest one at the time was far away. When I went into one there were so many colorful stores and people dressed so differently I was so dazed I just stood there and looked at everything for awhile. There were so many different things it put me into some sort of sensory overload.
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Post by Sweet Pea on May 12, 2006 23:52:12 GMT -5
i grew up in a remote rural area. kindergarten was culture shock for me.
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Post by pnoopiepnats on May 13, 2006 0:34:35 GMT -5
One can be geographically sheltered and there is mentally sheltered too.
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Post by saphron on May 13, 2006 6:06:28 GMT -5
When I started Cosmotology school, it was a culture shock for me too. I wasn't used to being around so many people for quiet a while. Especailly people I didn't know voting me for student of the month, A huge shock there. I didn't know that I would do so well in college either.
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Post by wagnerr on May 15, 2006 14:48:55 GMT -5
I always knew i led a very sheltered life, and i didn't really mind. the small community where i live was pretty much all i saw during my day-to-day life. i used to let my parents say "oh I think THIS about THAT" and i would make that my opinion too. the neat thing is, i'm getting out of "my little world" a little more than i used to. since i go to college in the city, i see what other communities are like. i see that not eveyone has the opportunites i have. i see that not everyone was raised in middle class america. a lot of my neighbors hate going into the nearby city, they want to stay isolated. to tell the truth, i like isolation too. but i'm too curious. more and more, i want to learn about other communities, other cultures and sub-cultures. i like the area live now, but in the last year, i've realized that "my little world" is just that, a little world that is rather isolated. for me, going to college this year has been more than an academic education, its been a little bit of a culture shock too. I too understand. Growing up, my parents held very black and white mindsets about all kinds of issues, and didn't really permit any discussion. Privately, i always questioned what i was learning from them and in school, but i never dared say anything. We didn't lack diversity, however; growing up, my parents and neighborhood had all kinds of differen ethnicities and religions. Maybe growing up in a ghetto made a big difference for me! ;D
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Post by iroseiroared3 on May 30, 2006 2:06:37 GMT -5
That's a good thing for you though, that will be good if you keep exploring too. It's sometimes hard for me to understand how people can live their day-to-day jobs for 30+ years and be okay with it - same mundane job day after day after day, family with a couple kids, same meals every week, occasional vacation, maybe twice a year. But then sometimes I think maybe I'd be more mentally sound if I could just live in that normal world. But anyway, it's a good thing that you're getting out of your sheltered area. Plus it will make you more confident in it when you go out there, and not scared that when you're finally 45 years old and decide to go out in the city for something, that you won't be ready to have a heart attack hehe. So yeah, keep expanding.
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Post by pnoopiepnats on May 30, 2006 2:40:26 GMT -5
You really don't have to be stuck in the same job, house, and kids rut if you really don't want to.
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Post by alwaysalone on Jun 8, 2006 14:46:25 GMT -5
Uh - oh
here we go again
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Post by Knox on Jun 8, 2006 19:20:44 GMT -5
i can relate, i grew up in a small town of about 400, then when i got to high school i moved to Memphis TN,,, that's a huge culture shock....
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